On her debut album, Tangent (Basho Records, 2010), saxophonist Trish Clowes gathered together a large group of musicians and included a full orchestra on two tracks. For her impressive second album, ...

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As a young Scout, I was taught to use a small magnetic compass to find my way from place to place. Standing in an Eastern Oregon forest of ponderosa pine, so thick and tall that no landmarks were ...

How do you find your way on a dark night with no stars to lead you? For thousands of years navigating under such circumstances was difficult if not impossible. However, around 1186 AD a Chinese ...